Romance Movies

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
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106

This period drama frames the tumultuous affair between Queen Elizabeth I and the man who would be King of England.

First Love (1939)

First Love (1939)

First Love (1939)
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84

In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncle after graduating from boarding school. She’s hardly received with open arms, especially…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Four Flights to Love (1939)

Four Flights to Love (1939)

Four Flights to Love (1939)
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91

In pre-World Ward I in Paris, a budding artist, Pierre LeBlanc, falls in love and marries Janine, a dressmaker’s assistant. Pierre has a flair for designing clothes, and he and…

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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum (1939)
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144

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Eternally Yours (1939)

Eternally Yours (1939)

Eternally Yours (1939)
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95

Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she’s his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour….

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)

Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)

Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
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70

A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter’s talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him, they make beautiful music away from the concert hall…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Rio (1939)

Rio (1939)

Rio (1939)
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77

Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a…

Genre: Crime, Romance
Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)

Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)

Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)
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83

A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
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88

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman’s daughter leads to…

Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Golden Boy (1939)

Golden Boy (1939)

Golden Boy (1939)
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99

Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He’s successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)

Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
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86

A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up with the local…

Genre: Drama, Romance
In Name Only (1939)

In Name Only (1939)

In Name Only (1939)
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94

A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.

Genre: Drama, Romance
When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

When Tomorrow Comes (1939)

When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
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92

A famous concert pianist unhappily married to a woman who suffers from mental illness falls in love with a waitress.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Lady of the Tropics (1939)

Lady of the Tropics (1939)

Lady of the Tropics (1939)
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92

Playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)

Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)

Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939)
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114

A shy British teacher looks back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who touched his life.

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Genre: Drama, Romance
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)

The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
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112

Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D’Artagnan. But with the tyrannical King Louis using his power to wreak havoc…

The Rules of the Game (1939)

The Rules of the Game (1939)

The Rules of the Game (1939)
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106

A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bachelor Mother (1939)

Bachelor Mother (1939)

Bachelor Mother (1939)
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82

Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin’s Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly’s unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Juarez (1939)

Juarez (1939)

Juarez (1939)
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125

The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.

The Girl from Mexico (1939)

The Girl from Mexico (1939)

The Girl from Mexico (1939)
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71

Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay’s shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and…

Some Like It Hot (1939)

Some Like It Hot (1939)

Some Like It Hot (1939)
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65

Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City’s boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggling musician Gene Krupa, playing on the sidewalk…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Only Angels Have Wings (1939)

Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
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121

A traveling performer arrives at a remote South American port town where the head of an air freight service must risk his pilots’ lives to earn a major contract.

The Mikado (1939)

The Mikado (1939)

The Mikado (1939)
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91

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month’s time, Ko-Ko…

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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Dark Victory (1939)

Dark Victory (1939)

Dark Victory (1939)
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104

Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love with her. Told she…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Wuthering Heights (1939)

Wuthering Heights (1939)

Wuthering Heights (1939)
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104

The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff….

Genre: Drama, Romance
Love Affair (1939)

Love Affair (1939)

Love Affair (1939)
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88

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
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93

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they’re…

Genre: Music, Romance
Midnight (1939)

Midnight (1939)

Midnight (1939)
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94

An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)

Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)

Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939)
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90

Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another’s fiancé, and the youngest sister…

The Paymaster (1939)

The Paymaster (1939)

The Paymaster (1939)
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103

Henrik Karlsson is accused of having stolen 5,000 SEK, even though he is innocent. But to protect the real thief, who is sick in hospital, Karlsson takes the full responsibility.

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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Pygmalion (1939)

Pygmalion (1939)

Pygmalion (1939)
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96

When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months’ training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Trouble Brewing (1939)

Trouble Brewing (1939)

Trouble Brewing (1939)
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87

Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing as a wrestler and waiter in his investigative…

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Beauty for the Asking (1939)

Beauty for the Asking (1939)

Beauty for the Asking (1939)
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68

Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Wings of the Navy (1939)

Wings of the Navy (1939)

Wings of the Navy (1939)
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89

Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give it right back.

Genre: Drama, Romance
Made for Each Other (1939)

Made for Each Other (1939)

Made for Each Other (1939)
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92

A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Honolulu (1939)

Honolulu (1939)

Honolulu (1939)
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84

Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.

Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Stand Up and Fight (1939)

Stand Up and Fight (1939)

Stand Up and Fight (1939)
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97

A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.

Kentucky (1938)

Kentucky (1938)

Kentucky (1938)
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96

Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with the South while…

Genre: Drama, Romance
Topper Takes a Trip (1938)

Topper Takes a Trip (1938)

Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
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80

Mrs. Topper’s friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes…

The Girl Downstairs (1938)

The Girl Downstairs (1938)

The Girl Downstairs (1938)
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77

A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn’t count on the maid falling in love with…

Genre: Comedy, Romance